Samsara for Construction

Construction fleet management allows construction companies to optimise and streamline the operation of their fleet vehicles and construction equipment. Telematics hardware connected to the vehicles and equipment send data to fleet management software, which provides you with functionality for fleet tracking, preventative maintenance, dispatch and more. Fleet management software also provides construction companies with data-driven insights that allow you to increase productivity of your fleets, prevent breakdowns and increase the productivity of your daily operations.

In an industry as competitive as construction, gaining operational efficiency is critical in order to make your bids as competitive as possible. By implementing a construction fleet management solution, businesses can take a data-driven approach to their daily operations, helping to reduce rental and fuel costs, optimise equipment utilisation and improve uptime and equipment lifespan through preventative maintenance.

Telematics, or telematics systems, refers to the convergence of telecommunications and information processing. Telematics has taken off more recently with the rise of the internet and a spike in the number of telecommunications networks that can transfer data to offices in real time for various purposes, including fleet management.

In the automotive or fleet industry, telematics is typically synonymous with vehicle telematics or fleet telematics. Vehicle telematics is used to describe vehicle onboard communication services and applications that communicate with one another via GPS receivers and other telematics devices. The most common application of this is vehicle tracking. This is achieved by combining a GPS system with onboard diagnostics, typically to map the exact location of a vehicle and the speed at which it is moving.

Asset tracking allows real-time visibility into the location of powered assets like generators, unpowered assets like roll-offs and heavy equipment, including plant machinery, all in one centralised view. Asset tracking can also provide status reporting and diagnostics for things like engine hours and fault codes from powered assets and equipment.

Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform provides real-time visibility into all assets, fleet vehicles and heavy equipment, in one centralised platform, whether they’re at a jobsite or in your yard. Our fleet management system provides construction businesses with the tools they need to increase productivity of their on-site workflows, increase the lifespan of vehicles and equipment through preventative maintenance and make more informed decisions about vehicle, equipment and asset utilisation, fuel usage and more. With proactive notifications and diagnostics, businesses can prevent downtime and disruptions to daily operations.

Samsara provides construction companies with tools and functionality that help streamline and optimise their equipment management. Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform provides visibility into the location and status of their equipment fleet via GPS tracking, customisable maintenance schedules for preventative maintenance and real-time notifications for equipment diagnostics to prevent downtime. Samsara also provides insights into asset utilisation and dormancy trends so that you can get the most out of your heavy equipment.

Samsara offers a robust set of reporting tools that allow you to analyse fuel consumption, idling and fuel costs from fleet vehicles. This data helps provide insight into behaviours that incur higher fuel usage, allowing you to adjust your operations accordingly. Additionally, Samsara integrates with a number of major fuel card solutions, giving you a view into the big picture of how your business consumes fuel.

Samsara integrates with a growing number of the construction industry’s top OEMs, including Ford, GM, Stellantis, John Deere, Komatsu, Caterpillar, Volvo, CNH Industrial, Vermeer and more. Our OEM integrations allow for data collection and analysis of heavy equipment, construction vehicles and fleet vehicles, including fuel usage, idling, engine diagnostics and fault code notifications, without the need for additional hardware.